The Prince says, “I cannot see how we can possibly maintain the growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the long-term if we continue to consume our planet as voraciously as we are doing. We have to see that there is a direct relationship between the resilience of Nature’s ecosystems and the resilience of our national economies. And, let us not forget, it is on that resilience that our future prosperity depends.”

He adds that when the unsustainable depletion of natural resources is combined with natural disasters and other environmental shocks, there is a serious risk to food, energy, water and economic security